May 12, 2012

The perfect ending to a meal is a homemade warm fruit crisp topped with a dollop of whipped cream. Spring rhubarb and strawberries are the perfect combination of sweet and tart and work so well together for this comforting dessert.

So many of you are asking me for rhubarb recipes, so I picked this from the archives and brought it to the top for your convenience. It's a favorite of mine and perfect for this time of year!

Since making Strawberry Rhubarb Compote a few weeks back I've been craving some type of Strawberry Rhubarb cobbler or crisp and the latter won. I can't pass up rhubarb whenever I see it in the farmer's market and lately it's been showing up more frequently in my local supermarket.

I've yet to figure out how to make the perfect low fat whipped cream from scratch, but I found this all natural whipped topping at my organic market called truwhip, with no high fructose corn syrup, no hydrogenated oil, and it's delicious! Their website has a store finder to locate it at a store near you.

If whipped cream is not your thing, I also LOVE eating this with a scoop of frozen yogurt, yum!!

Muffins? Oh, yes please! In the meantime, I'll have to try this. We did a mixed berry crisp this weekend with your Blueberry Peach Crisp recipe. It was a hit! This looks like the same, so I'll be trying it for sure!!

Thank you thank you thank you! I made this last night, and everyone in my family loved it (ages ranging 20 months to 33 years)!! I had forgotten to buy an orange, so I used a lemon (oopps!!) but it still turned out fabulous. Every recipe I've tried has been amazing! Thank you once again!!

Hello Gina--looks so yummy !! have you made this with other fruits ( apples.peaches.pears...etc ) in the Fall or Winter when fresh strawberries and rhubarb are not available ?? if so did you have to adjust cooking times ??thanks

I love Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp! My Mother-in-law has a recipe for Rhubarb Crisp, so I started substituting half of the rhubarb for strawberries. Your recipe will be a delight to try. Never thought of adding orange zest & juice. yum! PS- My in-laws moved out of state a few years ago, and I inherited the rhubarb plants from their garden!!! So I have rhubarb every year!!!! Thanks

I made this last week with rhubarb from our CSA box. When I got the rhubarb, I searched your site first to see if you had a healthy, yummy version of strawberry rhubarb crisp, and you did! It was delicious! I'm glad you moved it to the front page for rhubarb season.

Oh my!!! This was the first recipe that I've tried from your site and ...oh my!!! This was a truly awesome surprise to my taste buds. My girls and I just made it and as a family we'd never had rhubarb. I actually had to call around to a couple of stores before my husband left to make sure we could get and we could!! So we were skeptically saying "if it doesn't taste good we wont ever make it again. LOL This is so delicious and is now officially added to my repertoire of dessert recipes. Thank you Gina and to Kris for recommending skinnytaste.

YUM! I have always wanted to try to make some healthy variation of this, so you saved me some time! Now I just need to make it gluten-free. I think I have a new homework assignment! :) Homework was never so tasty and fun!

What a great ending to our Mothers Day meal today! My mom and I (and everyone else) really enjoyed it. It was my first time with rhubarb, and I was pleasantly surprised. Thanks for being a special part of our day. And Happy Mothers Day to you!!

I didn't have an orange so I added a little water with the agave and cornstarch. It is Unbelievable and I imagine it's even better with the orange zest and juice! Thank you, Gina! LOVE this...it's disappearing as it cools on the stove!

I made these the other night, I hadn't had fresh rhubarb since i was a kid and it grew wild in our yard, i forgot how sour it is but with this recipe and the blend of all these wonderful ingredients it was wonderful!!! I used the Amber agave nectar, such a nice taste....and it's great warm out of the oven or cold the next day! thanks for this one..........

I just took mine out, and the taste nibbles were delicious! I don't have any whipped cream atm so I used a little bit of sweet coffee creamer. I substituted sunflower oil spray for the butter (about two long passes over the mix), used a tsp of lime juice that I had on hand instead of orange, and used wheat flour. I think that is what brought me down to 5p+.

Next time I will use smaller rhubarb pieces. Also, to me the honey tastes "necessary" but I might try to make it, as suggested above, without flour.

Finally, to the person who asked about why people aren't growing rhubarb, plenty of people are in apartments or condos w/o land! Plus for those that have land, it takes a long time to mature.

My husband and I went to our local farmer's market and bought rhubarb today; he wanted me to make him a pie, but I found this healthy treat and it was a huge hit!!!!! I used Splenda Brown Sugar and it tasted great. Thank you for this recipe!

SUCH a great recipe!! This will be new 'go to' for strawberry rhubarb crisp. I even shared it on my blog today: http://www.vixenmade.com/2012/06/healthier-strawberry-rhubarb-crisp.html It was delicious!

Not sure why I never thought to make a crisp out of rhubarb. Tried this tonight and love it! I used low fat margarine in place of butter and it worked just as great. I also subbed orange juice for lemon juice, but that's only because I had that in my pantry. Thanks for the recipe!

I made this in May with strawberries and rhubarb and, of course, loved it. Now I had apricots and blueberries in the house so I made the same thing, just with these two fruits instead. Results were outstanding! Thank you so much for sharing this method of making a guilt-free crisp. It's so freakin' delicious! :)